Will critplank be viable after this rework?

KONO RUBICK DA·Jul 8, 2015·2 votes·2,743 views

the new E just deleted the steroid for an aoe cc, this is a nerf to critplank and a buff to bruiserplank

thoughts?

17 Comments

ShuffledPancakeJul 8, 20155 votes

His e was shit.

doubleguacJul 8, 20153 votes

His E was highly underestimated. It was a pile of free stats on top of his already extremely high base stats (which are also, understandably, getting nerfed). 40 free AD and a huge MS steroid really isn't bad.

Plus he gave 20 AD to all nearby allies. That's a grand total of 120 AD for you team in the mid game. Think for a second about the gold value of 120 AD. It's questionable how valuable it is to give 20 AD to a support in a teamfight. But it sure as hell made your team take towers/drag/baron a lot faster.

Not saying his E shouldn't have been removed. It was super boring. But it was by no means weak.

In terms of the future of crit-plank... his Q is losing 40 AD plus (it seems) some nerfs to his base AD... which is quite a bit.

But he is gaining a passive that will synergize much better with Q poking, and scale much better into late game, so we'll see how it pans out.

ShuffledPancakeJul 8, 20151 votes

It wasnt near the best part of his kit then.

KONO RUBICK DAJul 8, 20151 votes

and it had a passive

ProfDrDeathJul 8, 20151 votes

E Barrels explode for the damage of the triggering attack.

I'll just leave this here and hope it answered your question ;)

KONO RUBICK DAJul 8, 20151 votes

mm ok, so he will have an AOE Q?

ProfDrDeathJul 8, 20151 votes

Only if he manages to last-hit that barrel with his Q. Which can be tricky, given Q has a cast time and you need to hit the barrel when it has only one of its three hit points remaining. Oh, and your opponent is probably trying to get that last hit to deny you that barrel, too.

KONO RUBICK DAJul 8, 20151 votes

wait, gangplank won't be able to oneshot the barrel then, because it has 3 hit points

no, i think riot should do this: 3 hit points for the enemies, and one for gangplank

supes the lostJul 9, 20151 votes

I don't know if they are gonna change or adjust this, but currently, after being placed down, its health depletes down to one over a span of a second or 2, meaning it's a game of who's got better timing on shooting the barrel.

Sire HippingtonJul 8, 20151 votes

he has 5 stacks and high range on the barreles, just place one in front of you and one behind the enemie, AA+Q your barrle and trigger the other with it. The barrles loose health over time, and it goes faster the higher the rank, in the end it barly takes a second for them to be on 1 health.

BeatzBoyFTWJul 8, 20151 votes

Im pretty sure the Q alone is enough to chunk an ADC's health down by 90% item 3031 item 3087 item 3025

supes the lostJul 9, 20151 votes

Can confirm, was playing a custom with a guy playing the new gangplank, end of the game had 2 Ie's, a shiv, and a iceborn, shot a barrel I was standing on and bursted me to a little under half health.

Telemachus7Jul 8, 20151 votes

oh yeah, from the looks of it, they havent changed much with his build. but i think AP GP will be a thing with the buffs to his Ult. get the 'fire at will' upgrade and and do shit does of damage from across the map. then run in and proc his passive, throw a few barrels down for CC then eat some oranges and run away. though i think crit plank will still be stronger.

Sire HippingtonJul 8, 20151 votes

viable? he will ne insane! Not only will he be able to crit on AOE, the barrels also ignore 60%armor!

KONO RUBICK DAJul 8, 20151 votes

where can i get those information?

Sire HippingtonJul 8, 20151 votes

right now, you only can see the numbers if you play them on PBE...